GIV-25

Object NameMasonic/Eagle Flask

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-about 1830

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 15.2 cm, W: 8.3 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.318

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Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: pavement, columns and archway similar to GIV-23. Archway differs slightly; blazing sun is larger and trowel and skull and crossbones show at left of column. The crescent moon and stars are smaller and the moon turns downward to right instead of upward to left; comet at right of column; no trace of Masonic emblems on either side of arch and pillars. Reverse: American Eagle, similar to GIV-24 but details of eagle are different. The body is slightly larger, treatment of wings different and the large balls missing from eagle's talons; the shape and size of the oval frame beneath eagle also slightly different. Edges: smooth with vertical medial rib.
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